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unilateral

[yoo-nuh-lat-er-uhl] / ˌju nəˈlæt ər əl /
ADJECTIVE
concerned with one side
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Unilateral action can be rationalized as acting because it is too cumbersome to mobilize allies whose interests do not align with one’s own.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Unilateral wage cuts are illegal in China, but complex salary structures offer ways around that.

From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2023

Unilateral imposition of tariffs or enactment of a tax system that subsidizes exports and penalizes imports risks both retaliatory protectionism and a spiking dollar, with potentially grave consequences for the global economy.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2017

Unilateral sanctions, says the Chamber’s Myron Brilliant, would “certainly be ineffective.”

From Time • Apr. 16, 2014

Unilateral neuritis has a different causation, depending upon an inflammation, mainly perineuritic, of the nerve in the orbit.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various



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